Medical Entomology in Asia

Kyoko Sawabe has been an Honorary member of National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID), Japan, since 2019. Her current interests include the biology of long-distance migration in the primary vector mosquitoes of Japanese encephalitis (JE), and the prediction of vector-borne disease (VBD) outbreaks based on the biology of arthropod vectors such as mosquitoes and ticks. She received the 60th Award of The Japan Society of Medical Entomology and Zoology in 2017. She has been a President of The Japanese Society of Pestology since 2022, a member of the editorial board of Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases (JJID) since 2012, and Open Entomology Journal (Associate editor) since 2010.

Chizu Sanjoba is an Associate Professor, Ph. D., Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Science, The University of Tokyo. Her research has focused on epidemiology and vector ecology to develop sustainable control methods for vector-borne parasitic diseases. She has been a board member of the Japan Society of Medical Entomology and Zoology since 2018, a council member of the Japanese Society of Veterinary Parasitologists since 2019, and an international advisory board of the Turkish Journal of Parasitology since 2014.

Yukiko Higa is a chief, Laboratory of Vector Taxonomy and Ecology, Department of Medical Entomology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID), Japan. She became interested in mosquitoes after learning about malaria from her grandparents' generation. Her motto is "Say yes and challenge" and " Learn from the old, know the new. " Japanese sake, and cocktail lover. She received the 17th Sasa Award from the Japan Society of Medical Entomology and Zoology in 2007. She was editor-in-chief of The Japan Society of Medical Entomology and Zoology from 2021 to 2023 and an editorial board and council member of the Secretary of the Japan Society of Medical Entomology and Zoology since 2021.

Kyoko Sawabe 自2019年以來一直是日本國立傳染病研究所 (NIID) 的名譽會員。她目前的研究興趣包括日本腦炎 (JE) 主要媒介蚊子的長距離遷徙生物學，以及基於昆蟲媒介（如蚊子和蜱蟲）生物學預測媒介傳播疾病 (VBD) 的爆發。她於2017年獲得日本醫學昆蟲學與動物學會第60屆獎項。自2022年以來，她一直擔任日本害蟲學會的會長，自2012年以來是《日本傳染病雜誌》 (JJID) 的編輯委員會成員，自2010年以來是《開放昆蟲學雜誌》的副編輯。

Sanjoba Chizu 是東京大學農業與生命科學研究所的副教授，博士。她的研究專注於流行病學和媒介生態學，以開發可持續的媒介傳播寄生蟲疾病控制方法。自2018年以來，她一直是日本醫學昆蟲學與動物學會的董事會成員，自2019年以來是日本獸醫寄生蟲學會的理事，自2014年以來是《土耳其寄生蟲學雜誌》的國際諮詢委員會成員。

Yukiko Higa 是日本國立傳染病研究所 (NIID) 醫學昆蟲學系媒介分類與生態實驗室的主任。她在從祖父母那一代學習到瘧疾後，對蚊子產生了興趣。她的座右銘是「說是並挑戰」和「向老者學習，了解新知」。她是日本清酒和雞尾酒的愛好者。她於2007年獲得日本醫學昆蟲學與動物學會的第17屆佐佐獎。她於2021年至2023年擔任日本醫學昆蟲學與動物學會的主編，自2021年以來是該會的編輯委員會和理事會成員。